On the use of unshielded cables in ionization chamber dosimetry for total-skin electron therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 539-546

  Chen, Zhe ^a   Agostinelli, Alfred ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; SKIN;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SKIN DISEASES; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031881780     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/3/006     Document Type: Article

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